Saved her or him from a fairly busy road this morning.
Thank you for looking.
Rebs Member 60 posts Joined Jul 2009 Location: Rochester, NY More info | Jul 16, 2011 15:04 | #1 Saved her or him from a fairly busy road this morning. Thank you for looking. -Paul
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LucasxOB Member  193 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2010 Location: Florida More info | Jul 16, 2011 15:09 | #2 Very nice. I work at a golf course and these are always walking around.
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kmunroe Cream of the Crop 12,926 posts Joined Apr 2010 Location: Nova Scotia ,canada More info | Jul 16, 2011 18:59 | #3 nicely done Paul
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mbleft Mostly Lurking  18 posts Joined Jan 2011 Location: Central Texas More info | Good job. I'm 0 for 2 on saving turtles in the road. last one was a snapping turtle. I tried to move it off the road with my foot, but it kept trying to bite me. Before I could get it off the road some rednecks in a truck ran over it. on purpose. Canon SX30IS, SD1200IS
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SCurran Member  48 posts Joined Jan 2011 Location: Ohio More info | Jul 17, 2011 09:03 | #5 mbleft wrote in post #12770525  Good job. I'm 0 for 2 on saving turtles in the road. last one was a snapping turtle. I tried to move it off the road with my foot, but it kept trying to bite me. Before I could get it off the road some rednecks in a truck ran over it. on purpose.  Grab them from the tail or back of the shell and they won't get ya. Just stay away from the pointy end and you'll be fine!!
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Jul 17, 2011 10:15 | #6 mbleft wrote in post #12770525 Good job. I'm 0 for 2 on saving turtles in the road. last one was a snapping turtle. I tried to move it off the road with my foot, but it kept trying to bite me. Before I could get it off the road some rednecks in a truck ran over it. on purpose. Bummer. nice shots.
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Thank you everyone. -Paul
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Kevan Goldmember  3,125 posts Likes: 17 Joined Dec 2007 Location: Easton, MD More info | Jul 17, 2011 11:17 | #8 SCurran wrote in post #12772594 Grab them from the tail or back of the shell and they won't get ya. Just stay away from the pointy end and you'll be fine!!  And don't expect a "Thank you!" either. These things wake up on the wrong side every day.
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LONDON808 Senior Member  872 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2009 Location: Honolulu hawaii More info | Jul 18, 2011 04:14 | #9 watch out for there feet/claws as well, and be aware these guys carry a lot of nasty things like salmonella and such , so if touched clean your hands well with an alcahol based soap
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kpflynn Goldmember 2,186 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Biloxi, MS More info | Jul 18, 2011 09:28 | #10 What an incredible tail!
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demicent Member 69 posts Joined Apr 2009 More info | Jul 19, 2011 15:10 | #11 Nice images, and thanks for being compassionate with such a grumpy old reptile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/
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hitek Member 152 posts Joined Jul 2011 Location: Ohio More info | Jul 19, 2011 18:41 | #12 I saved one that looked just like this one and it tried to bite me lol Gear: 6D ii l BG-E21 l Tamron 28-75 l Canon 17-40L l Canon 50 1.8 l ST-E3-RT l Canon 70-200 f4 IS l 600EX-RT l Manfrotto 055XPROB l 322RC2 Head l GlideCam
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mbleft Mostly Lurking 18 posts Joined Jan 2011 Location: Central Texas More info | Anybody ever see a turtle run? I have, once. Thing stuck it's legs out and took off like a streak. Canon SX30IS, SD1200IS
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